our southeast asia correspondent jonathan head has been to phuket to see how they run coping.ches are still the same, but one factor behind phuket‘s roaring success is missing. the chinese. 2 million used to visit this tropical island every year. today, you hardly see them at all. this lady used to sell 100 coconuts a day. the chinese we re sell 100 coconuts a day. the chinese were big spenders, she says. these days, she is lucky to sell 20. we have many flights from china to phuket. they stopped. we will have about 8000 to 10,000 tourists a day, but today, we have maybe about 600— 800 tourists. nattakit lorwitworrawat has been running boat tours from phuket for years. most of his passengers were chinese tourists, so he has had to take 20 of his 30 boats out of the water. if it doesn't get better by the end of this year, he said, we will have to downsize the company and start laying off employees. sojust downsize the company and start laying off employees. so just how much do you have to pay out every month for your business? it is even tougherfor month for your business? it i

jonathan head reporting. friday under new measures announced by the government to stop the spread of the coronavirus. exams in england and wales will not go ahead this academic year. scotland and northern ireland are yet to decide whether to follow suit. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports from westminster. home time — notjust until the morning, but maybe for many months. the school bell on friday will signal the end of normal life for millions of families for the foreseeable future. i think it's good for the children, right, but i think it's going to be hard for the parents who've still got to go to work. i'm very worried. why? because it's scary, it's scaring the people. i'm kind of a stay—at—home dad. it's not such a problem, my wife is the kind of main breadwinner. so it's not too bad. it's perhaps not the last resort for the government, but certainly closing school gates was one of the measures ministers were desperate to avoid. after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon, they will

jonathan head, bbc news, phuket. up next — newsbriefing.or high temperature are being told to self—isolate for seven days. it's part of new measures unveiled by the prime minister to help tackle the spread of coronavirus. andy moore reports. the arsenal manager, the latest high—profile person to test positive for coronavirus. the entire first team squad is now in self isolation. in the same is true for their london rivals chelsea after the news was revealed overnight that one of their players, had tested positive. at downing street, the prime minister announced the prime minister announced the country was moving from containment to the delay phase of the disease and gave a sombre warning. i must level with you and level with the british public. more families, many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time. there was also specific advice. anyone who showed symptoms, and new continuous cough or a high temperature, must stay at home for at least seven days. in the near future, all elderly and vulnerable people will be advise

scale up aggressive action to stop the virus infecting more people. 0ur correspondent in bangkok, jonathan headthe response there. although the first case was recorded in thailand on the 13th of fabry, the number has crept up slowly. that february. in some countries, they were just not doing any testing and there was severe infections we re there was severe infections were not being recorded. in china, they have been efficient. they have been recording numbers and testing and the number has crept up. that has all changed in the last few days. people were beginning to think warmer weather was a reason the virus was not spreading as quickly as in europe and the us but the numbers are creeping up fast, particularly in malaysia whether 650 and more confirmed cases. i was that three weeks ago and the number was 28. a dramatic rise. the trajectory is very steep, following other countries. in countries with large populations like indonesia where little has been done to try and contain the virus or myanmar which has a health system which is regarded as one of the most poorly resourced in the world. the

. ♪ jonathan: coming up, treasuries heading deeper into uncharted territory.redit funds suffering the biggest weekly outflows in years with crude markets plunging into the low 40's. we begin with the big issue, treasuries surging. >> just when you think treasury yields cannot go lower. >> lower. >> lower. >> they continue to do so. >> yields at record lows when the fed cut. >> global bond yields at historic lows. >> record low treasury yields. >> they have gone to further record lows. >> this has been such an exceptional move. >> not a good sign. >> everyone is kind of getting out of its way. >> the bond market seems to be concerned about a recession. >> the bond market is telling you it is a very dark outlook. >> it's not just about growth, it's about potential qe, potentially lower forward guidance. >> whether that is the right plan or not, they are going to zero. >> the u.s., unfortunately, will be dragged down more toward europe. >> the rates market has another 25 basis points it could go. >> there are so many assumptions that are being repriced now. >> be

. >> if you want to see jonathan's full story, head to our website nbcbayarea.com. >>> now to our micro climate weather coverage. we haven't said this in a while. some sprinkles here in the bay area. no big rainstorm yet. it's nice to say. however, there is snow in the sierra. it's been a while since we received any of that. highway 80 you see the snow on the side of the road and rob is here to tell you it isy. we're seeing the change controls up earlier. spring starts to dry out. just to the south of san jose, a few showers. you can see here on the radar view things moving off to the southwest as things begin to dry out. notice sprinkles cast by the bay area this afternoon. the main action of this storm as expected, i think down to southern california. that's for the big-time rain totals, at least this particular strm. we're beginning to see those north winds increase across the north bay hill tops. notice as we put this into motion, the future cast until 11:00 tonight, the areas of red and purple showing up on the peninsula, higher elevations, east bay, north bay hills. those location

jonathan ferro. this is "bloomberg real yield." i would like to heado the auction block now and kick things off in europe, where the coronavirus started and ended the week with sessions of zero sales. european grade issuance falling behind 2019 the first time this year. in the u.s., the second busiest day of the year for high-grade debt sales. immediately followed by borrowers giving concessions nearly five times the year's average. the high-yield primary market grinding to a slow halt. they become the latest company to fall by the wayside, withdrawing plans for its $5 billion sale. i would like to stick with credit. michael collins of pgim fixed income saying he is looking for opportunities to buy. >> just now we are going to this capitulation phase, the buy the dip mentality has faded for the time being. and we are excited about that. we are looking for opportunities where people are forced sellers, where they are dumping blocks of bonds that we liked five points ago, five points lower, and that is when you are supposed to be jumping in and buying. w

jonathan ferro. this is bloomberg real yield. i want to head to the auction block.n europe, the coronavirus led to weakness, started and ended with sessions of sales. european grade issuance falling the time 2019 the first time this year. in the u.s., the second busiest day for high-grade debt sales. the high-yield primary market grinding to a slow halt. thou shalt becoming the latest company to fall by the wayside, withdrawn plans for its $5 billion sale. michael collins saying he is looking for opportunities to buy. going to this are capitulation phase, the by the dip mentality has faded for the time being. we are excited about that. we are looking for opportunities where people are forced sellers, dumping blocks of bonds that we like five points lower, and that is when you are supposed to be jumping in and buying. back with us are george rusnak, oksana aronov, gershon distenfeld. here is your moment, oksana. you said it was like christmas morning. oksana: very early in the day. the presence are not quite out yet. high-yield, about it is just inching its way into

. ♪ jonathan: coming up, treasuries heading deeper into uncharted territory.ffering the biggest weekly outflows in years with crude markets plunging into the low 40's. we begin with the big issue, treasuries surging. >> just when you think treasury yields cannot go lower. >> lower. >> lower. >> they continue to do so. >> yields at record lows when the fed cut. >> global bond yields at historic lows. >> record low treasury yields. >> they have gone to further record lows. >>

jonathan blake there, our political correspondent. the heade world health organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is rapidly accelerating. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus said there were more than 300,000 confirmed cases worldwide, but stressed that it was still possible to change the trajectory of the outbreak. he said it was critical to test every suspected case. asking people to stay—at—home and other physical distancing measures are an important way of slowing down the spread of the virus, and buying time, but they are defensive measures that will not help us to win. to win, we need to attack the virus with tactics, testing every suspected case, isolating and caring for every confirmed case and tracing and quarantining every close contact. the director—general of the world health organization. he also set out plans to put pressure wealthier nations to ensure developing countries are not deprived of vital medical equipment in limited supply. this week, i will be addressing heads of state and governments from the 620 heads of state

. ♪ jonathan: treasury yields heading deeper into uncharted territory.of brutal equity volatility after a monster payrolls report does little to reset expectations. 30 minutes until the opening bell. good morning. here's the brutal friday morning price action. down 87 on the s&p 500. the dollar getting battered against g10. euro-dollar with eight 1.13 handle. does anyone remembers the payrolls report? it has done nothing. on the session, 0.74 percent is your yield on the 10 year maturity your main event, the payrolls report. joining us is kevin cirilli at the labor department in d.c. walk us through the headlines. toin: 270 3000 jobs added the u.s. economy in february, beating expectations. the unemployment rate

jonathan ferro. this is "bloomberg real yield." i want to headthe auction block and kick things off on the continent, europe, where issuers -- issuance grinded to a halt until snapping a weeklong dry spell for corporate debt sales. in the u.s., four investment grade deals coming this week. the high-yield primary market with zero deals this week. after del monte foods postponed its bond sale. and guess what, volatility. sky bridge stressing the importance of fiscal support. >> it certainly has been painful for those long corporate credit. if there is a physical response that can open of credit lines, high-yield will come back, and more critically, ig for the functioning economy. for the time being, those markets are pricing in what we think is pain, and they are accurate. jonathan: back with us are collin martin, greg staples, michael buchanon. let's get to credit. what a move we have seen this week on high-yield. 176 basis points through thursday and friday in four sessions. when you think about how vicious q4 2008 was. the speed of this. walk us

it shows the asian victim getting robbed of his cans, struck on the head and taunted with racial slurs. 56-year-old jonathan emerson amerson turned himself into police on sunday. the other one -- others to turn himself in on friday. >>> next month a man convicted of a gruesome san francisco murder more than 40 years ago will be eligible for parole but the victim's family is fighting for him to stay behind bars. anla pa jowas en dth -- angelo pavageau was sentenced to death. two years later, the court struck down california's death penalty law , all prisoners of the time were given life with the possibility of parole. ever since the victims family has had to appeal the parole board every few years. >> this experience shattered her. beyond words. and the process makes her livid over and over and over again. >> the family hopes that the board will invoke marcy's law, it gives parole boards the ability to defer parole hearing from up to 15 years instead of the current three. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, why dozens of california graduate students lost their jobs of the weekend and wh

struck on the head and taunted with racial slurs. jonathan amerson turned himself in to police this morning. the other suspect was arrested on friday. they are facing elderly abuse, robbery and hate crime charges. >>> still to come, a classic car collection is in the wrong place at the wrong time as a san francisco in flames. >> plus, a warning prompts a flight to make an emergency return to sfo. >> and after a nice break, in the wind, this morning, the bright colors are starting to show up again. round two of the wind event kicking up for tonight. it will be very different than what we had yesterday. and the warm up coming back for next week. we are not done with sunny and warm. that is next. >> someone caught a break in the south bay, they are now $12 million richer tonight. we will be back in 60 seconds. . >>> tonight the faa launched an investigation into an air canada flight that had to return to sfo mentales after take off. 71 passengers had to evacuate by using the emergency slides. a viewer tweeted this video of people waiting. the fl

jonathan ferro. this is "bloomberg real yield." i would like to heado the auction block and kicked things off over in europe, on the continent, where one of the only plan offerings ended up getting pulled due to adverse market conditions, leaving the eurozone and europe facing its second zero issuance day of the week. over in the u.s., debt offering totally drying up, the investment grade primary market heading for its first week without a single sale since july of 2018. and mining company cleveland cliffs the sole high-yield issue, testing markets this week offering a $950 million junk-bond to its planned acquisition of ak steel. sticking with it, charles schwab's kathy jones with a warning. kathy: we've been cautious on high yields for quite a while. as the cost of that debt or the ability to refinance that debt gets more difficult, as spreads widen for some of these lower quality companies, that then you add on a faltering economy, you are really setting yourself up for some disappointment here. so our conviction is probably have a ways to go before

later this afternoon, president trump will visit the cdc head quarters in atlanta. that's where jonathan serrie is right now. the president is on his way to where you are, jonathan. >> he is indeed. i'm standing in front of the cdc's main campus, which the president will be visiting later today. but overnight for a moment, it appeared that this trip was in jeopardy. for a while, there was concern that the coronavirus outbreak might have affected the very agency tasked with stopping it. fortunately turned out to be a false alarm. >> i thought there was a problem at cdc with somebody that had the virus. it turned out negative. so we're seeing what we can do. >> the president is closely monitoring the situation on board the grand princess. the cruise ship has been staying at sea off of the coast of california until passengers can be fully tested for the virus with kits flown in on a military helicopter. state and federal health officials became concerned when a 71-year-old man died after returning to california from a previous cruise on board the same vessel. nearly 3,500 passengers and cre

jonathan. >> hello. >> we in a nice warm day in tokyo with pretty clear skies. >> mm-hm. >> and heading into the weekend, how's it looking? >> it's going to stay relatively warm and then get colder and you need the umbrella, because we are looking at rain chances going up. those on the western side of japan will definitely be picking up on the rain as we go throughout the evening hours and throughout the day on friday. we do have the warm air in place, that's going to keep things at or above, actually above average for this time of year. but it will not last through the weekend. we'll have some colder air coming in. that's going to drop temperatures off for just a bit, especially for those in the eastern and northern sides of the country. that's because of a cold front coming out from asia while down towards the south we have a front developing pushing eastward. long story short, have the umbrella nearby, have the jacket nearby. you're going to need each of them in different parts of the forecast for the next few days because the weather's going to change quite a bit. looking at the next 24 hours herere

all right jonathan, we are heading into the weekend.s of millions of people will be at home, nowhere to go. cheer me up, i'm about to go back to my little prison in new jersey. cheer me up, what you have for me. >> the word is anxiety which is really what's eating away at all of us in different ways. anxiety from the market, anxiety about relatives, family that are sick, anxiety about the future, and that plays into mind, body and soul. just think about anxiety when you say anxiety, we take our blood pressure, blood pressure is up because of anxiety. i think the same thing happens in our soul. what we have to be able to do is have the soul lead the way. and how do we do this? we need hope and how do we get hope? there's lots of ways but i think you have to start off by saying i'm going to make sure i'm going to get my nature, that is my body, my spirit in a place where i can then build on that nature. what we do. when you get up in the morning make your bed. peace and order in your life. get dressed even if you're isolated. do exercise,

jonathan ferro. bloomberg real yield. .tarts right now coming up, treasuries heading deeper into uncharted territory.suffering the biggest weekly outflows in a year with crude markets plunging into low 40's. we begin with the big issues, treasuries surging. >> just when you think treasury yields cannot go lower. >> lower. >> they continue to do so. >> global bond yields at historic lows. >> record low treasury yields. >>

signing the letter is the former head of the charity commission — william shawcross — and conservative election adviser sir lynton crosby. our political correspondent jonathan, i have to say, you mentioned a couple of them in the introduction, there is also a handful of conservative peers. but they do all say that they have worked with or alongside priti patel at some point and to give you a flavour of what the letter says, we do not recognise the picture of what has been painted of priti patel this week. the letter goes on she is certainly a tough, assertive and effective leader but even under extreme pressure, she's never crossed a line or lost her temper. and it goes on to say that it is right that good ministers cannot be brought down by smears and gossip. and that is clearly what the home secretary herself is hoping. showing no intention of resigning or leaving her post. and indeed, earlier this week at prime minister's questions, borisjohnson gave her his explicit backing saying and i quote, he was sticking by her. nevertheless, priti patel is under investigation for accusations against her of bullying which she denies — by the cabinet office. they ar

jonathan beale is in whitehall. and that means what? well, this is the message we've obtained from the headoughton, to military leaders, essentially a call to arms, but them on a campaign footing. they won't just call to arms, but them on a campaign footing. they won'tjust have to do their normaljob of protecting the nation, but fighting this virus for the nation. we know 2000 are on standby, and he gives more details. they may have to help in the organisation of temporary hospitals and other medical facilities. organisation of temporary hospitals and other medicalfacilities. he also makes clear this is going to be for some months ahead. he says we are to be prepared for our collective posture to be on an operational footing by collective posture to be on an operationalfooting by mid collective posture to be on an operational footing by mid april, recognising this could endure for six months or so. he ends with this rallying cry. this is a time for the leaders to step up and deliver. we need to be prepared to fight the war we may have to fight, and it is now clear, he says, that moment has

we just heard from spokesman jonathan hoffman here at the pentagon and he said the comfort is in tended to head new york area but it still and maintenance in norfolk. it will not be an issue of days but an issue of weeks. it is undergoing repairs as we mentioned after a six-month tour of south america. >> we have also alerted a variety of field and expeditionary hospitals to be prepared to deploy as well as needed to based on direction from the commander in chief. >> the u.s. navy only has about 2,00two ships. at the comfort and mercy will not be used for covid-19 patients but will relieve pressure on hospitals wherever they deploy with trauma patients, for instance. mercy could be ready in five days to set sail from san diego i'm told. the other problem is assembling medical staff for these ships. medical reservists are dispersed around the country already working in civilian hospitals. if the hospital ship were two more in new york harbor there would have to be a system in place to screen the trauma cases for coronavirus before letting them on board the ships. >> bill: governor cuomo here in

jonathan is there enjoins us with the latest. reporter: the president is on the ground heading this way, right now i'm standing in front of the cdclifton road which ordinarily is very busy but there's a heavy police presence, they closed off traffic awaiting the president's arrival, as you mentioned this meeting almost did not happen because of a false alarm overnight. take a listen. >> we thought there was a problem as cdc, somebody that had the virus but then it turned out negative. reporter: the trump administration and cdc are closely monitoring the situation aboard the grand prix princess cruise trip which received test kits and they are watching a cluster of covid-19 cases some fatal affecting residents of a nursing home just outside of seattle. in several cities officials are concerned of a growing number of cases of community spread where people are getting sick despite having no high risk travel exposure and no contact with any other confirmed cases. the world health organization urged all nations to make identifying and containing infections a top priority. >> every day we slow down closer to having vaccines. it could i

jonathan karl. >> reporter: tonight the president trump visited the centers for disease control in atlanta and insisted the federal government has the coronavirus outbreak under control. the head of the cdc seemed to agree. >> at the present time, the risk to the american public remains low. >> reporter: the president also said coronavirus tests are available to everybody who needs them. >> anybody that needs a test gets a test. they're there. they have the tests and the tests are beautiful. >> reporter: but that is not clear as anthony fauci of the national institutes of health said last night. >> up to this point, there's been a lag in the ability to get tested. >> reporter: vice president pence went washington state last night praising the efforts of democratic governor jay inslee in the state hit hardest so far. >> i do want to commend governor inslee, your team's effort and the seamless partnership that was forged from the very beginning. >> reporter: today the president offered an entirely different message. >> i told mike not to be complimentary of that governor because that governor is a snake. and the governor of washington, we have many problems. mike may be happy wi

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signing the letter, is the former head of the charity commission, william shawcross, and conservative election adviser sir lynton crosby. 0ur political correspondent jonathane that clip for you, but we will try to bring you some more on that later. an nhs trust at the centre of an inquiry into preventable baby deaths is to repay almost a million pounds that it received in 2018 for providing good maternity care. shrewsbury and telford nhs trust was paid the moneyjust weeks before inspectors rated its maternity services as inadequate. more than 900 families have contacted the inquiry to report concerns. scotland's loganair has said it will take on 16 of flybe's domestic routes following the collapse of the airline. flybe went into administration on thursday after a bid for fresh financial support failed. the government says it's working to save more routes. a study suggests more than a quarter of men think telling sexualjokes and stories at work is acceptable. a survey of more than 20,000 people in 27 countries has been carried out to mark international women's day. the figures for britain are similar and show that british men are much more accepting of sexu

headed south. blitzing across several states. super tuesday is two days away are. >>> joining from south carolina is jonathan allen a analyst for msnbcw big of a victory was this for joe biden and what does it mean moving into super tuesday? >> it's 48% to 28 percent. >> so literal. >> it was close since the voting started. >> it all comes down to turnout, guys. no. in terms of the size of vicketo here, joe biden needed a win and something sizeable to breathe a little bit of life into his campaign. he rebounds, gets ahead of most of the other candidates except for bernie sanders in terms of delegate count. sets himself up for super tuesday, sends a signal to a bunch of other states that he is back on the map that he might be the moderate candidate with something going at the moment. and, yet, at the same time, you know, there are signals here that his campaign is not exactly where it would like to be. if you went back several months, you would have looked at south carolina maybe the place he could have shut down a nomination fight. you know? had he won in iowa or new hampshire, had he won in nevada and coming to south carolina with a

jonathan siri fox 2news. >>> health officials are worried that people are violating the shelter in place or stay home orders and heading up to lake tahoe. officials in el dorado county saying recreation and tourism are not essential functions no matter how safe visitors say they will be. county leaders say medical housing should only stay open for health responders and those were homeless. goal is to discourage people from going to the mountains, even to their own vacation home. >>> i do have to stop somewhere along the way to use the bathroom, to get food. and other additional exposures. >> health officials say an outbreak and tahoe would overwhelm their small hospital. >>> airbnb partnering with several international organizations to help provide clean and safe combinations for those fighting the spread of the coronavirus. the company's new initiative launches today and has a goal to house 100,000 healthcare workers, relief workers and first responders , closer to where they are working. airbnb hosts can opt in to provide homes and follow new cleanliness protocol. based on recommendations from medical experts and all

jonathan holloway. dr. holloway spent nearly two decades at yale and was dean of the college. he also served as the head of calhoun college, now renamed grace hopper college. and was a professor of african american studies at yale. he joined northwestern as provost and professor of history and african-american studies three years ago. in the time since dr. holloway agreed to join us today, he has been appointed president of rutgers university. you can applaud. [applause] which is a small college, about 20 miles down the road from princeton, where woodrow wilson spent the last 20 years of his academic career. clearly this is a very high honor, and we all congratulate you. dr. holloway's acclaimed research on black intellectual history make same, as i said, -- makes him, as i said, the perfect person to address today's difficult subject, woodrow wilson and race. over the decades the wilson center has not shied away from this topic, and we are well aware it continues to be controversial. but we will all learn something today. i know that i will, and i am really delighted that you have agreed to talk about

daily telegraph, is the former head of the charity commission, william shawcross, and conservative election adviser sir lynton crosby. 0ur political correspondent jonathan jonathan. after claims of dark forces working against, further response from priti patel supporters stop tell us more about who they are, who is signing the letter and what they are saying? this is a show of support for the secretary after what has been a very difficult week for her. the signatories to this letter aren't exactly household names, i have to say, you mentioned a couple of them in the introduction, there is also a handful of conservative peers. but they do all say that they have worked with or alongside priti patel some a point and to give you a flavour for the letter says, we do not recognise a picture of what has been painted a priti patel this week. the letter goes on she is certainly a tough, assertive and effective leader but even under extreme pressure, she's never crossed a line or lost her temper. and it goes on to say that it is right that good ministers cannot be brought down by smears and gossip. and that is clearly what the home secretary herself is hoping. sh

jonathan karl. >> president trump visited the centers for decease control in flant and insisted the federal government has the coronvirus outbreak under control. the headthe cdc seemed to agree. >> at the present time, the general risk to the american people remains low. >> the president also said coronvirus tests are available to everybody who needs them. >> anybody that needs a test gets a test. they're there. they have the test. and the tests are beautiful. >> that is not clear as antingly fauci much the national institute of health said. >> up to this point there has been a lag in the ability to get tested. >> vice president pence went to washington state raising praising the efforts of the democratic governor jay inslee in the state hit hard so far. >> i want to commend governor inslee your effort and the beginning. >> the president offered an entirely different message. >> i told mike not to be complimentary of the governor. because he is a snake. mike may be happy with him, but i'm not. >> the president's trip to the cdc almost didn't happen after concerns the to the virus. >> mr. president why aren't you going to cdc today. >> he is setting a d

he strides into the house, with a newspaper above his head and announces, "i have your proof that the democrats are corrupt." a main democrat, jonathan suey, who was in his first year in congress immediately stood up in protest and insisted, that is not true, democrats are not corrupt. at this, wise slowly and dramatically turned around to face him and with a sneer on his face said, "are you calling me a liar?" [laughing] dr. freeman: thank you. excellent with sound effects. that is precisely what he was doing. suey immediately knew this was moving into duel territory and he immediately backed down. but in the process of backpedaling, he insulted a newspaper editor. through a series of details i will not go into, there ended up being a duel. the important part of the story 'actions inwise relation to him. wise taunted him knowing full well that as a northerner, he would not want to fight the duel. so wise could score an easy point against a democrat. in fact, during the later duel negotiations, sealy discussed the fact that he did not want a duel, but his constituents disapproved of it, but he didn't feel he could back down because b

now doing it, and the head of the fda, the commissioner, the doctor assured, said he has full confidence in the testing, despite these issues that have been discovered. >> so, jonathanfacturing of these test kits from the laboratory because of these essential whistle-blower and what he had to say about the possible contamination? >> mixed messages there. we've been told by sources, yes, that absolutely played a role. their official position is that he they were going to do-ohave o manufacturing someplace else and they were manufacturing small amounts and the fda concerned in the last week they've moved them out of there and these concerns explicitly raised with hhs, fda and other parts of the government. the other thing they've told us, they've launched what they've called an independent investigation to find out what went on in that laboratory in atlanta. >> jonathan, very important story. expect you to stay on top of it for us. pick your brain quickly about another thing unfolding. 20920 race. if we can switch to that a moment. what can you tell us about some of the president's rallies and how crucial they are for his re-election strategy? >> so the trump rallies

unusually also mps won't vote in the normal way, it will go through with a nod of the head in the house of commons. jonathanis at a school in bristol. hello, john. lots of people pointing out quite rightly this morning that school staff will carry on working because they are expected to look after the children of key workers, for example, but most pupils won't be attending school. what preparations are in place and how has it in received? the key thing, charlie, listening to whatjonathan the key thing, charlie, listening to what jonathan was saying the key thing, charlie, listening to whatjonathan was saying and also inside men's report and our headlines, the word that has come back we haven't heard it since brexit, clarity —— simon's report. the monday morning press conferences from the prime minister raised as many questions as answers, thinking about the imprecations going forward. weir at bristol grammar school on the edge of the city of bristol, 1300 children aged between four and bristol, 1300 children aged between fourand 18, bristol, 1300 children aged between fourand18, it bristol, 1300 children ag

heads up of the supply chain. europe and other parts of the world that could be affected? jonathanerstand their supply chains? extraordinarily well. in the last two to three weeks, investors went from this is a supply-chain problem to this is a local demand problem if you see businesses shut down on a rolling basis or lack of travel. think that the issue right now is how much of a direct gdp or sales is it, and that is concentrated in a couple of industries. investor,as an equity every day for five companies are retracting guidance because they don't know what happens. how do you know where to put your money? jonathan: if you look at the economic data, you are getting readings that told you what happened in february which gives you very little information. you want information that is more near-term, so the morse important thing is weekly jobless claims -- most important thing is weekly jobless claims, will we see a change in companies terminating employees? there is little indication that will happen but it is something we are watching. we are looking at credit data, are companies

jonathan hoenig and pwc business partner and business lead rich rochelle. what a week. woo we're on track to be the worst since 1921 and it's hard to wrap your head around this. >> it's unprecedented, truly. this has been a week-- rather, whether you've got $100 m the market or hundreds of millions in the markets, types of moves we use today say since 1987 or maybe 1929 this is unprecedented in every respect. my father moving forward is what's rattling the markets isn't even so much the effect of the coronavirus, which is, you know, obviously, quite serious, but more importantly, government's response to the coronavirus. and undoubtedly toward the end. week i think you saw a lot of panic selling across all class, asset classes based on whether it's the stimulus, the potential for government takeovers, the uncertainty is exacerbated not by medicine, but government press in the marketplace. kristin: let me bring you in here. what do you make of what the federal government is doing. we saw chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell on the senate floor and they're having a rare session to hash out the third phase of a coronavirus relief bill. what do you make

jonathan lemire, and then jon meacham, i have similar questions for both of you. the president's tone yesterday, when he was delivering a press conference with a couple of the medical experts, headand, at times, he said things that were completely untrue. i don't know tha i want to ask you, jonathan, the same question i asked hans. the answer is of serious concern to the american people today. pau because we need a strong team of leadership in the white house, and i fear it doesn't exist. aside from this team, and the man on the left, the vice president, was also saying things factually incorrect yesterday, who is the president's inner circle? that group of people advising him all day. counterpointing with him. telling him, you know, what certain decisions -- what the ramifications might be. helping him think outside the box. who are those people? besides jared, his daughter, who i guess is quarantining, and some yes men, i don't know of any bright minds in the inner circle. if you would consider jared kushner to be an expert, which he is not. who is there? >> i think it is a multi-part answer. the medical professionals we're seeing behind the stage near the president, most peop

head boy aker okoye stole the show. she really is beautiful, innit? that comment really did steal the show. watch it on bbc london facebook. jonathanst this morning. we'll hear from one of the bbc young reporter finalists. 11—year—old zoe has a form of dwarfism and has created a special report on a day in her life at school and at home. from broadway to the circus, the final of the greatest dancer showcased some impressive choreography. michael and jowita will be here to tell us about meeting at a summer dance camp in poland and performing with strictly‘s oti mabuse. inspired by his father's role in the french resistance during the second world war, authorjonathan ree will be here to tell us what he discovered when researching his family's military past. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. ministers and officials will meet this morning to decide the next steps in responding to the worsening coronavirus outbreak, which yesterday claimed the life of a third person in the uk. a man in his sixties, who'd recently returned from italy and had underlying health problems, died at north manchester general h

jonathan. i'm joined now by lord kerslake, former head of the civil service. thank you forjoining us.orjoining us. picking up a point i made tojonathan, given this is a virus that can lead to those infected being asymptomatic, do you believe that those within the upper echelons of government should, asa upper echelons of government should, as a matter of course, if they have come into contact with matt hancock and the prime minister in recent days, get a test? we should state that this is a sobering reminder that this is a sobering reminder that we are far from the peak of this crisis, especially taken the record number of deaths. my personal view, and i do hope the prime minister and health minister get better soon, is that they should be tested, those who have come into close contact with them. if only to find out the extent of the problem and the reason for it that we need to know in a sense what the potential scale of the decision—making chain is on the people who would have come into contact with them are key figures in every respect. both politicians and civil servants. i think